Harvesting forests and plantations for timbers and fuelwoods may cause land degradation and a decline in soil health and carbon storage. Promoting coppice growth can minimize the negative effects of clear-felling. Five plots of 0.1 ha area were marked in E. camaldulensis stands of similar age in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana area of Rajasthan, India for assessing such changes and devising improved management strategies in dryland plantations. Growth and biomass were recorded after harvesting 28-year-old stands in 2018-19 and stumps were left to coppice. Soil and tree/coppice samples were collected and analysed. Coppice growth was measured in June 2021. Stump density was 360-990 nos. ha -1 and diameter was 22.7-56.6 cm. Diameter at breast height (DBH) and height increased with decreased tree density. We observed highest (p <0.05) soil pH and SOC at RD1364; EC, SWC, tree growth, C content and C: N ratio, shoots stump -1 and CO 2-sequestered in biomass/soil at RD995; NH 4-N, NO 3-N, and PO 4-P, stump density and shoot height at RD764; shoot DBH, density and CO 2-seq and tree N at RD1033; and shoot N and CO 2 loss from soil were at RD15ND. Tree biomass and C and N contents (increased with diameter size) were 333.61 Mg ha -1, 45.19%, and 0.66% respectively. Clear-felling, variability in SWC, and coppice growth affected SOC and nutrients (decreased by 58.2-82.0%). CO 2-sequestration rate (Mg CO 2 ha -1 year -1) was 42.38 in coppice to 19.66 in harvested crops. C-stock was -118.68 Mg CO 2 ha -1 in 0-75 cm soil layer and +127.68 Mg CO 2 ha -1 in coppice biomass in 2021 against +188.82 Mg CO 2 ha -1 and +550.46 Mg CO 2 ha -1 respectively in 2018. Thus, strategies for promoting coppice growth showed positive effects, which may be further improved in subsequent years by minimizing the negative impact of clear-felling on SOC stock/nutrients through supplemental irrigation and soil amendments.